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2010 Winchester City Council election

2010 UK local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2010 Winchester City Council election
after_election	Liberal Democrats
popular_vote1	25,743
map_image	Winchester 2010 election map.svg
seats_after2	29
party2	Liberal Democrats (UK)
posttitle	Council control after election
before_election	Conservative
seats_before2	24
popular_vote2	24,676
map_caption	Results by Ward
title	Council control
seats1	10
seats2	9
seats_for_election	19 of 57 seats to Winchester City Council
next_election	2011 Winchester City Council election
next_year	2011
party1	Conservative Party (UK)
election_date	6 May 2010
majority_seats	29
seats_before1	29
seats_after1	26
previous_election	2008 Winchester City Council election
previous_year	2008
ongoing	no
party_colour	yes
type	Parliamentary
country	England
percentage1	46.5%
percentage2	44.6%

The 2010 Winchester Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Liberal Democrat 29
Conservative 26
Independent 2

Campaign

The Conservatives had gained control of Winchester council in the 2006 election after a sex scandal involving the local Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten. Going into the 2010 election the Conservatives had a majority of just 1 seat Brian Collin also did not defend his Olivers Battery and Badger Farm ward, which he had held for 24 years, to contest St John and All Saints instead.

The Conservatives defended their record on the council pointing to a repaving of the high street, park and ride projects and keeping council tax increases below inflation. However the Liberal Democrats accused the Conservatives of running down reserves that the Liberal Democrats had built up when they were in power and were confident of taking control in particular with the election taking place at the same time as the general election. The Labour Party were defending their last seat on the council in St John and All Saints ward with predictions that Labour could be without representation on the council for the first time. Meanwhile, the Green Party only contested one seat in St Bartholomew in order to concentrate their efforts and campaigned on development issues.

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats take control over the council after gaining 5 seats to hold 29 of the 57 seats. This gave them an overall majority of 1 seat, despite the Conservatives winning 10 seats at the election compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats. Meanwhile, the last remaining Labour seat was lost after Labour was defeated in St John and All Saints ward.

Ward results

Bishops Waltham

Cheriton & Bishops Sutton

Colden Common & Twyford

Denmead

Droxford, Soberton & Hambledon

Kings Worthy

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm

Owslebury & Curdridge

St Barnabas

St Bartholomew

St John & All Saints

St Luke

St Michael

St Paul

Shedfield

Sparsholt

Swanmore & Newton

The Alresfords

Wonston & Micheldever

References

prev=2008 Winchester Council election| list=Winchester local elections| next=2011 Winchester City Council election|

References

(2009-04-19). "Winchester". BBC News.
(2010-05-07). "Local elections 2010". The Guardian.
(2010-05-07). "Tories gain control of Gosport and Hart in local polls". BBC News.
(2010-05-06). "Voters to decide today in Winchester and Chandler's Ford". [[Hampshire Chronicle]].
(2010-04-09). "Who's fighting the Winchester City Council elections". [[Hampshire Chronicle]].
(2010-04-25). "Lib Dems scenting power on Winchester City Council". [[Hampshire Chronicle]].
(2010-05-08). "Local Election result – Winchester". This Is Hampshire.
"District Election Results 2010". Winchester City Council.
"Elections". [[Southern Daily Echo]].

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